Final Project Reports

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NEW – Policy Briefs

• Policy Brief 1 – Governance of Drinking Water Systems in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador
• Policy Brief 2 – Source Water Quality and Quantity in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador
• Policy Brief 3 – Infrastructure and Operations of Drinking Water Systems in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador
• Policy Brief 4 – Public Perception, Awareness and Demand of Drinking Water in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador

Final Project Reports

• Newfoundland Quarterly Article 
• Harris Centre Final Report – This report includes a summary of all findings from 2013-2014 data collection and recommendations for policy, practice and future research. 
  • Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador Report Summary 
• Drivers-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses (DPSIR) Scoping Document
• Regional Meeting Consultations Report 
• Drinking Water Policy Workshop Proceedings 
• Survey Results
  • Community Administrator Survey Results 
  • Water Operator Survey Results 
• A Regional Approach to Drinking Water Management: NL-BC Comparative Water Systems Study
  • A Regional Approach to Drinking Water Management: Executive Summary 
• Community Case Studies
  • “It’s about quantity not quality”: Drinking Water Successes and Struggles in Port au Port East, NL
    • Port au Port East Short Community Profile
  • Black Tickle-Domino, Labrador: Case Study for the NL Drinking Water Project
    • Black Tickle-Domino Short Community Profile
  • “Because our system is so long…”: Exploring the Drinking Water System in Sunnyside, NL
    • Sunnyside Short Community Profile 
  • Across the causeway:  Exploring the Drinking Water System in Greenspond, NL
    • Greenspond Short Community Profile 
  • “It looks like it’s seen better days…”: Exploring the Drinking Water System in Woody Point, NL
    • Woody Point Short Community Profile 
  • Operating a public drinking water system with industrial high water user demand: Exploring the Drinking Water System in Old Perlican, NL
    • Old Perlican Short Community Profile
  • “We got it good here”: Exploring the Drinking Water System in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut 
    • Makkovik Short Community Profile 
  • “Piujumevugulli tamâni”: Kinijannik imittavingita akKutinginnik Maggovik, Nunatsiavummi
    • “Piujumevugulli tamâni”: Kinijannik imittavinginnik Maggovik, Nunatsiavummi
• Topics Based Case Studies/Learning Resources
  • TownSuite Mapping LITE (+Scanning) and Managing Municipal Water Systems:  Spotlight on the Town of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity
  • NL Water Stewardship Lesson Plan
  • Interactive maps displaying communities with high THMs/HAAs and long term Boil Water Advisories 
  • Commercial Logging in a Protected Water Supply Area: Spotlight on Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited’s Operations in the Town of Steady Brook 
  • 2015 Media Scan
  • Sunnyside Drinking Water Project: Examining Chlorinated Disinfectant By-Products, Resident Perceptions and Practices and Municipal Responses in Securing Safe Drinking Water in the Town of Sunnyside, NL (2015). Daniels and Vodden.
• Literature reviews
  • Potentials for Public Engagement in Source Water Protection in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Potential Human Health Impacts of Water Contaminants in Newfoundland and Labrador 
  • Disinfection By-Product Reducing Technologies
• Draft fact sheets on chlorinated disinfectant by-products prepared for the Sunnyside community meeting
  • Health impacts
  • Public drinking water systems
  • Household treatment options